Trunk



A. w. BALDER.

, TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, I920.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

' Imus/110R ,4. MB 4 056;

- 2 SHEETS-SHEET-2.

WITNESSES A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

' TOMIARTIN W. DUNN, OCE" TRUNK.

CALIFORNIA; AssIGNoR OAKLAND, 7 CALIFORNIA.

or ONE-FOURTH 2 Application filed A ril 7, 192a. Serial No. 371,991.

To all whom it may concern: I i Be it 'known' that L'ANTON WILLIAM BALDER, a citizen of the United States,'and a resident of Pittsburg, in I the county of Contra Costa'and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention is an improvement in trunks, and has for its object to provide a trunk especially adapted either for use as a trunk or as a dressing table or case, wherein the body of the trunk has supporting legs for supporting the trunk in elevated position, the said legs being hinged to the body to fold up at the corners thereof, and the lid or cover and the legs have interchanging means for detachable connection therewith and clamping the'legs in such position dur-- ing transportation, the arrangement being such that when not in use the legs will not interfere with the handlingof the trunk, nor add to its bulkiness but willreinforce the corners of the trunk against injury.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved trunk; 1

Figure 2 is a front view;

Figure 3 is an end view of the lid open;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the upper end of the leg;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the spring latch or catch;

Figure 6 is a sectional detail through one of the catches; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hinged connection of one of the legs.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the trunk which is of any usual or desired construction, and of any dimensions, is composed of a body 1. and a lid or cover 2, which is hinged to the body, as indicated at 3 to open or close with respect to the body, and the body has the usual handles 4. v

A series of legs 5 is hinged to the body at the bottom thereof, each of said legs, as shown more particularly in Figures 4 and 7 being of any material and being rigidly secured to or integral withplates 6- and 12 at its ends. Each of these plates 6 and 12 extends in a plane perpendicular to a portion of the legs, and fits closely between portions of the legs.

Each plate 6 carries two hinged lugs spaced apart laterally from each other and adapted to receive between them a third lug 8 whichis secured to a plate 9 held "in rabbet 10 in the under face of the trunk bottom. The"lug 8"is so spacedjfrom the corner of the trunk that when the leg is swung up in the inoperative position, as

shown in Figure 2, it will fit about. the j corners of the trunk forming a reinforcement for the corner. folded as shown inFigure 7, the lugs 7 will rest upon the trunk bottom on either side of the lug 8 fgrming a firm support for the legs.

When the legs are folded up about the cor 7 0 ners of the trunk,vmechanism' is provided about the cover 2 for detachably engaging hold it in place; I

the upper end of the'lug to A plate 13 is countersunk in the top of the cover at each corner and is held in place by the screw or the like as shown, in the same manner as the plates 9 are held. Each of these plates 13'is provided with an opening ltof polygonal outline, which is adapted to be engaged bya nut 15'0n auresilient latch member or spring .16 heldbetween the plate 13 and the top of the trunk cover, the plate and trunk cover being recessed to re ceive the latch, as shown "in Figure 6. That I face of the catch 15 which is outward is ,bev v eled as shown, so that when the plate 12 is moved inwardly on the plate 13 the catch orlatch will be depressed. Ribs 18 are provided for each lug, the ribs being secured to the trunk in spaced relation, and in such manner that the plate 12may slip therebe tween when the legs are folded in inoperative position.

It will be obvious that when the plate is so slipped into place and the catch 15 is engaged with the opening 14, the plate 12will be held from outward movement, and will be locked in place. In line with the opening 1 1 each plate 12 is beveled on its under face as shown at 19 for cooperating with the beveled face of the catch to move the said catch downwardly when the leg is slipped into place. I t

In use, when travelling or when the trunk is iii-storage, the legs are arranged as shown 10,5

in Figures 1 and 2, being folded upon the corners of the bodyand connected with the cover. When it is desired to use the trunk as a dresser or to have the contents thereof f easily accessible, the parts are arranged as When the legs are un- 66 shown in Figure 3. The legs are folded down beneath the bottom as shown, the catches 15 being depressed to permit the release of the legs.

I claim 1. A trunk having hinged to the hotter-:1 thereof legs for supporting the trunk in elevated position, said legs being of angular material and connected With the trunk to fold up and fit about the corners thereof to provide reinforcements for the said corners, the cover and legs having interengaging means for holding said legs in folded position.

' 2; A trunk having legs hinged to the bottorn thereof to turn down perpendicularly to the bottom or upwardly about the corners of the bottom, and means for detachably connectingthe free ends of the legs to the top of the trunk, said means comprising angular plates on the free ends of the legs adapted to lap and fit against the top of the trunk when the legs are folded said plates having openings and the trunk top having spring latches for engaging the openings, said latches being covered and concealed by the angular plates When in place.

ANTON WILLIAM BALDER. 

